Budgam district

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Field	Value
name	Budgam district
native_name	Badgom
native_name_lang	Koshur
other_name	Badgam
nickname	Jackals Cave
settlement_type	District of Jammu and Kashmir administered by India
image_skyline	File:Doodhpathri pastures Jammu Kasmir India May 2014.jpg
image_alt	A flock of sheep on a green meadow, with woods in the background
image_caption	Doodhpathri pastures in Budgam district
image_map1	Kashmir region. LOC 2003626427 - showing Kashmir division administered by India in neon blue.jpg
map_caption1	Budgam district is in Jammu and Kashmir in the Kashmir region It is in the Kashmir division (bordered in neon blue).
coordinates
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	4
mapframe-marker	district
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	India
coor_pinpoint	Budgam
subdivision_type1	Union Territory
subdivision_name1	Jammu and Kashmir
subdivision_type2	Division
subdivision_name2	Kashmir
established_title	Established
established_date	1979
founder	Aga Syed Yousuf
seat_type	Headquarters
seat	Budgam
parts_type	Tehsils
parts_style	para
p1
government_type	District Development Council of Budgam
unit_pref	Metric
area_total_km2	1,370
leader_title	DDC Chairman
leader_name	Nazir Ahmed Khan
population_total	753,745
population_as_of	2011
population_density_km2	537
population_demonym	Badgaime
demographics_type1	Languages
demographics1_title1	Official
demographics1_info1	Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi,
Dogri, English<ref name	"OfficialLang"
timezone1	IST
utc_offset1	+5:30
postal_code_type
postal_code	191111
registration_plate	JK04
blank1_name_sec1	Sex ratio
blank1_info_sec1	1.13250283 ♂/♀
blank2_name_sec1	Literacy
blank2_info_sec1	57.98%
blank_name_sec2	Villages/Towns
blank_info_sec2	Ichgam, Khan Sahib, Ompora, Beerwah, B K Pora, Chadoora, Magam
website
governing_body	District Development Council
leader_title1	District magistrate
leader_name1	Bilal Mohiuddin Bhat (IAS)
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::callout[type=note] the district ::

(a) (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, the last two being part of a territory called the Northern Areas. Administered by India are the southern and southeastern portions, which constitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir but are slated to be split into two union territories."; (b) (subscription required) Quote: "Aksai Chin, Chinese (Pinyin) Aksayqin, portion of the Kashmir region, at the northernmost extent of the Indian subcontinent in south-central Asia. It constitutes nearly all the territory of the Chinese-administered sector of Kashmir that is claimed by India to be part of the Ladakh area of Jammu and Kashmir state."; (c) C. E Bosworth, University of Manchester Quote: "KASHMIR, kash'mer, the northernmost region of the Indian subcontinent, administered partlv by India, partly by Pakistan, and partly by China. The region has been the subject of a bitter dispute between India and Pakistan since they became independent in 1947"; (d) Quote: "Jammu and Kashmir: Territory in northwestern India, subject to a dispute betw een India and Pakistan. It has borders with Pakistan and China." (e) Quote: "We move from a disputed international border to a dotted line on the map that represents a military border not recognized in international law. The line of control separates the Indian and Pakistani administered areas of the former Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir."; (f) (subscription required) Quote: "... China became active in the eastern area of Kashmir in the 1950s and has controlled the northeastern part of Ladakh (the easternmost portion of the region) since 1962."; (g) Quote: "J&K: Jammu and Kashmir. The former princely state that is the subject of the Kashmir dispute. Besides IJK (Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir. The larger and more populous part of the former princely state. It has a population of slightly over 10 million, and comprises three regions: Kashmir Valley, Jammu, and Ladakh.) and AJK ('Azad" (Free) Jammu and Kashmir. The more populous part of Pakistani-controlled J&K, with a population of approximately 2.5 million. AJK has six districts: Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Bagh, Kodi, Rawalakot, and Poonch. Its capital is the town of Muzaffarabad. AJK has its own institutions, but its political life is heavily controlled by Pakistani authorities, especially the military), it includes the sparsely populated "Northern Areas" of Gilgit and Baltistan, remote mountainous regions which are directly administered, unlike AJK, by the Pakistani central authorities, and some high-altitude uninhabitable tracts under Chinese control." (h) Quote: "Kashmir’s identity remains hotly disputed with a UN-supervised “Line of Control” still separating Pakistani-held Azad (“Free”) Kashmir from Indian-held Kashmir."; (i) Quote:"Some politicised terms also are used to describe parts of J&K. These terms include the words 'occupied' and 'held'." Created in 1979 with its headquarters at the town of Budgam, it is the district with the largest population of Shia Muslims in the Kashmir Valley.

Administration

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Budgam district is the closest district to the union territory capital Srinagar 11 km. Budgam district came into existence in 1979, prior to which it was part of Srinagar district. In former times, Budgam was a part of Baramulla district, when Srinagar itself was a constituent of the Anantnag district. It was then known as tehsil Sri Pratap. Historical records suggests that Budgam was also referred to as Pargana Deesu. According to the well-known chronicler Khawaja Azam Demari, the area was also known as Deedmarbag. Budgam district borders the districts of Baramullah and Srinagar in the north, Pulwama in the south and Poonch in the south west.

In 2008, Budgam district consisted of eight blocks. Currently, the district consists of seventeen blocks: Beerwah, Budgam, B.K.Pora, Chadoora, Charari Sharief, Khag, Khansahib, Nagam, Narbal, Pakherpora, Parnewa, Rathsoon, Soibugh, Sukhnag, Surasyar, S.K.Pora and Waterhail. Each block consists of a number of panchayats.

The district is subdivided into the nine tehsils of Charari Sharief Tehsil, Magam tehsil, Beerwah Tehsil, Budgam Tehsil, Chadoora Tehsil, Khansahib Tehsil, Khag Tehsil, BK Pora Tehsil and Narbal Tehsil.

District Development Council

Main article: District Development Council

Source:

Chairperson: Nazir Ahmad Khan (IND)
Vice-chairperson: Nazir Ahmad Jahara (JKNC)

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S.No	Party	Alliance	No. of Members
1.	JKPDP	PAGD	1
2.	JKNC	8
3.	JKPDF		2
4.	JKPM		1
5.	Independent		2
Total	14
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Other details

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Number of villages	510
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Demographics

According to the 2011 census Budgam district has a population of 735,753 roughly equal to the nation of Guyana or the US state of Alaska,{{cite web |url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |title=2010 Resident Population Data |publisher=U. S. Census Bureau |access-date=2011-09-30 |quote=Alaska 710,231 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101090833/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=2011-01-01 |title=Sex Ratio in Badgam District in 2011 Census. (no. females per 1,000 males) |float=left |width=360px |left1=Religion (and population) |right1=Sex Ratio |bars=

::data[format=table] | Budgam district: religion, gender ratio, and % urban of population, according to the 2011 Census. | | | | Hindu | | Muslim | | Christian | | Sikh | | Buddhist | | Jain | | Other | | Not stated | | Total | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Total | | 10,110 | 736,054 | 1,489 | 5,559 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 478 | 753,745 | | | | 1.34% | 97.65% | 0.20% | 0.74% | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.06% | 100.00% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Male | | 9,119 | 384,281 | 965 | 3,321 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 314 | 398,041 | | | Female | | 991 | 351,773 | 524 | 2,238 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 164 | 355,704 | | | Gender ratio (% female) | | 9.8% | 47.8% | 35.2% | 40.3% | 23.4% | 33.3% | 50.0% | 34.3% | 47.2% | | | Sex ratio (no. of females per 1,000 males) | | 109 | 915 | 543 | 674 | – | – | – | – | 894 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Urban | | 7,502 | 89,111 | 561 | 635 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 97,912 | | | Rural | | 2,608 | 646,943 | 928 | 4,924 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 404 | 655,833 | | | % Urban | | 74.2% | 12.1% | 37.7% | 11.4% | 55.3% | 50.0% | 0.0% | 15.5% | 13.0% | | ::

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 94.78% of the population in the district spoke Kashmiri and 3.01% Gojri as their first language.

Shias form 20% of Budgam district's population;

Education

There are 590 schools in Budgam, both private and public, 33 of which are Higher Secondary Schools.↵There are 6 Government Degree Colleges;

Government Degree College Beerwah
Government Degree College Khansahib
Government Degree College Magam
Sheikh ul Aalam Memorial Degree College Budgam
Model Degree College Chrar e Sharif
Government Degree College Chadoora

Railways

Budgam district has four railway stations: Budgam, Nadigam, Mazhom and Nowgam, which are all on the Jammu–Baramulla line.

Budgam railway station is located in Ompora town nearly 2.5 km from Budgam's district headquarters and 9 km from Srinagar's city centre, Lalchowk. It is the biggest railway station in Kashmir division. This railway station has the administrative head controlling the rail service in the Kashmir valley.

Health care

Budgam mainly relies on the hospitals of capital city Of Srinagar. It contains one District Hospital in Budgam Town. One Sub District Hospitals respectively in Beerwah, Khan Sahib, Magam, Chadoora. Outside Budgam railway station, there is a big hospital, named Ibn-Sina Hospital, which is Budgam district's first private hospital.

Attractions

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Budgam contains the only airport in Kashmir Valley. The district's main tourist attractions are Doodhpathri, Yusmarg, Tosamaidan, Nilnag, Haijan. District Budgam offers many stunning locales and has tremendous tourism potential that has largely remained untapped so far. Kani Shawl adomed the caesar's court and was looked upon by Mughals and later by Nawabs as mark of nobility. In 1776, Napoleon Bonaparte presented a Kani shawl to his wife Josephine and with that took off a new fashion trend in Europe. The revered shrine of Sheikh Noor-ud-din Wali can also be found in the Charari Sharief Tehsil of Budgam district. Asia's oldest/largest Chinar resides at Chattergam Budgam. Aga Sahib Shrine and Tomb of Shams-ud-Din Araqi are also situated in this district.

Notable people

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It consists of seventeen blocks: [[Beerwah, Jammu and Kashmir. Beerwah]], [[Budgam]], [[Bagati Kani Pora. B.K.Pora]], [[Chadoora]], [[Charari Sharief]], [[Khag, Jammu and Kashmir. Khag]], [[Khan Sahib, Jammu and Kashmir. Khansahib]], [[Nagam, Jammu and Kashmir. Nagam]], [[Narbal]], Pakherpora, Parnewa, [[Rathsoon]], [[Soibugh]], Gopalpora, Sukhnag, Surasyar, S.K.Pora and Waterhail.
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(27 September 2019). "After scrapping of Article 370, Shias in Kashmir are in a state of relief and caution". [[ThePrint]].
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